Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Patent
1993-02-01
1995-02-14
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
296209, B62D 2520
Patent
active
053888855
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body structure of a vehicle has a pair of body side frame sub-assemblies running longitudinally on the vehicle and an underbody sub-assembly extending transversely across the vehicle. Each of the body side frame assemblies has a body side outer panel having a lower horizontal flange extending longitudinally and projecting outboard, and a forward vertical flange projecting outboard. A longitudinally extending rocker inner frame of the body side frame assembly has an inboard vertical wall spaced inboard from the body side outer panel and a lower horizontal wall projecting outboard having an extreme outboard portion underlying the lower horizontal flange of the body side outer panel. The underbody sub-assembly has a generally planar floor pan having a pair of longitudinal edges and a horizontal surface adjacent to each of the longitudinal edges underlying and engaging the lower horizontal wall of the rocker inner frame of one of the body side frame sub-assemblies. The horizontal surface of the floor pan secures to the extreme outboard portion subsequent to the underbody sub-assembly being adjusted transversely relative to the body side frame sub-assemblies.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4493506 (1985-01-01), Alexander
patent: 4582357 (1986-04-01), Nakamura et al.
patent: 4911495 (1990-03-01), Haga et al.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Pape Joseph D.
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